Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. LXV-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1865.
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I'jtlDAY MOBN1NG, AEG’T 1 8.
matter on every page.
War in South
America.
for poor to good, and 35a40c for fancy State, and
20a 28c for Western, per lb. Cheese is in rather
more request at 9al5 3-4a for poor to very choice,
per lb.
Sugars.—Have been inactive at former quota-
tions. Sales since our last 230 hhde. Cuba, Ac.
at 11 7-Soal4 l-2c, and 165 boxes Havana at 12
3-4cal3 5 8c, per ib. Refined Sugars continue
quiet at 14 l-2al9 3-4o per Ib.
Stearins.—Sales 31,000 lbs, at 22 l-2a23c per
lb.
Tallow.—Sales 135,000 lbs, at 12al3c; and
54,000 lbs Grease at 12al4 l-2o per lb.
Tobacco—Is lesB active but firm; sales 235
hbds lventueky at 7 l-2a24e; 136 cases Seed Leaf
at 7a23o per lb.
Teas.—Are quiet at somewhat regular prices.
Whisky—Has been in moderate demand at
$2 19 per gallon. Sales, 300 bbls.
The Freedmen in Maryland.
Visit to the Government Farms—Eight Hun
dred Freedmen at Work—How They are
Treated—The Crojys, Sf c.
[•(rapture of Cor ientes from
the Brazilians,
Triple Alliance Treaty Between
Brazil, Uruguay and the
Argentine Republic.
&c.
itc.
Ac.
The great war, involving three nations, is
; n ; rea ,ing in extent. A short sharp battle was
fou -lit on the 23d Jane, resulting in the cap-
tureirom the Paraguayans by Gen. Faunero,
• the city of Corrientes, capital of the province
(.[the same name. It was a bold movement
and was well conducted and well fought. He
t i,c city at the point of the bayonet, but
Ihcre were 'telegraphic wires connecting with
,!„. Paraguayan capital, and before the cannon
ading ended six thousand men started for a
reinforcement, and General Pannero had to re-
hn June 4, a large number of dead and
wounded arrived. Some one hundred to two
hundred had to be sent to the hospital, where
manv have since died. Several young men of
p.iij families here were among the twenty-six
tiiiia-rs that fell killed or wounded.
President Lopez still keeps bis forces in
three strong divisions—one in Paraguay, one
j.p,grossing through the province of Corrien-
tes, and one about to enter the Brazilian prov
ince of Rio Grande. President Mitre leaves
this city in a few days as Commander-in-
i hid' in the field. It is said that President
i.ope/., of Paraguay, will also take the field in
for son.
The Paraguayans have fired on a small boat
belonging to the British man-of-war Dotorell,
near Hamantal, Paraguay. It seems a small
mat was sent to the Brazilian squadron, and
'■u its return, unchallenged, a band of one
hundred soldiers fired on her, killing one man.
it has stirred up the English here greatly.—
Two other men wounded have since died, so
s*v< Gen. Paunero in his dispatches.
The Xacion Argentina states that at the last
r.v.ires there were upwards of twenty thou-
•a; 1 men in the Brazilian army in the vicinity
i t Concordia, and that the allied forces were
"itiuntrating at that point, so that General
-'hire, upon hts arrival there, would find thir-
■: thousand men of all arms ready to meet
The Brazilian squadron continued to block
ade the three mouths of the Plate, the crews
gong every day to the Island of Atajo for
tin the 11th of June the plenipotentiaries of
the Empire of Brazil, the Argentine Republic
t n i t ruguay ratified the treaty of triple offen-
Sl;c and defensive alliance between these
e. untries.
Sennor Silveira da Motta had made a speech
ta the Brazilian Senate urging upon the gov
ernment the necessity of communicating the
hxt d this treaty to the Legislature; but he
declined to press the matter upon the Presi
dent of the Senate, declaring that it would not
expedient to give publicity to the stipula
tions of the treaty for the present.
According to the Siglo of Montevideo a ves-
se. was expected from Rio Janeiro with arms
‘or six thousand men, forwarded by the Bra-
? :ians to the Argentine government. There
" era no Brazilian forces remaining at Pay-
New York markets.
r New York, August 12, 1865.
loffkk—Is in limited demand at former
lces - We ‘laote: Java at 25c a 2Gc; Rio at
U' . T'ltzracaibo at 19c a 22c; Laguayra
the a 22c; 8t. Domingo at 17 l-2c a 17
Native Ceylon at 22 l-2c a 23c per lb, in
more steady request
Middlings, 45c a 4Gc
' bid.
t -l.
Cotton—Has been in
a*- rteady quotations.
rib.
Foot s.—Southern Fionr is in less demand
Joopmg^ prices. Sales since our last, 800
'• “t i.85 a $9 f or p 00r to ggo^ and 9.10a
•or good to very choice extra brands,
.... C anadian Flour is heavy and lower.
“ otubbls. Extra at $6.60 a $9 per bbl.
i r , UfJ' ^ orn has been in good request, clos-
| er toorc firmly. Sales since our last,
b; ,,: U 7 S at a “0c for unsound, and 90
q . 4 ’ -“for sound mixed Western, per bushel.
•Uv ^ ats have been in good demand, at
Vitale at G2c. per bushel,
i: , - ,, been in moderate demand at 95c.
,' u 01 °‘“> and 75c.a85c. for new, per 100
't<viv 'U as been in fair request at
;‘“eluding Porto Rico at 62c.a
y' ‘ ^“ha at 38c.a60c. per gallon,
sir, ] ^ Stores—Have been in limited de-
•ii ib,. o d l n S Crude Turpentine at $7 per
spirits Turpentine, within a range
“dal.35 ^ gallon, and Rosin at
,, P" r -80 lbs.
nri- wt, . * Jeen T 11 ' 61 hut steady, including
hi;«i-nU t$1 -‘- 5al - 3 °; bleached do. at
beachen’s ’ Cru<ie S P erm at $2 15a2.25; un-
Cr r at S2.25a2.35 ; Lard Oil at $1.85
tip,,- ,', l8e ed at $l.i9al.2l; Red Oil at 85
p,. T . T Jiease Oil at $l.45al.50 per gallon.
c-.r,;i n um? 8 ’ &c —The supply of Potatoes
Jhent m ar,ie ’ aDdtbe prospects are that the
T- a j n , °P be an abundant one. Prices
4.,. er io o — T uote New Potatoes thus :—
Vkivp "“-.VU > Jackson Whites, $1.50a2 ;
Unions Dyckman, $1.50a2.—
jr ino 1 «?? per U '’ S'2a3; Cabbages, new,
»fi j, T “ rni Ps, new, White, per
~ > Turmps, Russia, new, per bbl.,
Jj
'‘h'dlUf NS ir^ n,; ^eat-i have been in demand
V. s 3 K. Shoul ? era ’ and 19 1-9*33 l-2o for
q u : e( tnal to 450 pkgs. Bacon oon-
fouxi. rat r, noin I n ?h bird has been in less
JUl l-4a24 t ?’ ® a J es 1,300 tierces and bbls
^render.,, ,® ia tter rate for very ehcioe
?-®and at jti tuFUi^l h, ee f has been in good
81.;
67.50 t
PPi
httf
nun
rules
for Ertr * Ueu > 50al2 50
l8ss - Sales, 909 bbls. Prime Mess
is'in limit*^ 22 5 ®a25per tierce.
“ Umlte(1 demand and heavy at 30a35o
[Correspondence of the Baltimore American.^
Government Barms, Md., Aug. 7, 1865.
Through the kindness of Lieutenant E. F
O’Brien, Superintendent of the government
farms on the Paxutent river, we were extended
an invitation to visit and view the working of
the new system of free labor inaugurated by
the emancipation proclamation.
Taking the government steamer Iolas, Capt.
Benton, we were soon steaming over the glis
tening waters of the Chesapeake bay, with its
white sails streaming in the sunlight, its blue
bosom heaving gently to the zephyrs which
wafted over its surface, the ecceqtric porpoise
here and tberq disporting in its cooling depth
and anon circling over its white-capped waves.
A pleasant change indeed from the close at
mosphere of the city as we coursed our way,
not “like a thing of'life”—unless it be a testa-
tious animal of the snail species—but still an
acceptable trip, as we were not pushed for
time. Although speaking in somewhat dis
paraging terms of the old steamer, we must-do
the captain the jostice to say that he contribu
ted largely to our enjoyment, not being of so
ancient a pattern as the craft he commanded,
but a modern as well as model specimen of the
whole-souled steamboat captain.
Arrival at the Farm.
Arriving at the mouth of the Patuxent river
we anchored for the night, and at early dawn
ran up to the “Government Farms,” passing
through a rolling country with good bottom
lands, and dotted here and there with venera
ble country mansions, with their numerous
outbuildings neatly whitewashed and surround
ed by umbrageous foliage. We passed on up
the river to the headquarters of the Farms,
which is situated on and embraced in the estate
of Colonel Sothoron, the rebel citizen who
murdered Lieutenant White some few months
since, while he was engaged in recruiting ne
groes for the United States service from off
the plantation. This estate, together with that
of a Joseph Forrest, who raised a company
for the rebel service, but failed to succeed to a
captaincy, filling, however, a subordinate posi
tion in the Confederate service, are occupied
by the freedmen.
Thirty Thousand Acres Occupied.
The whole number of acres constituting the
two estates, and which are now known as the
Government Farms, namber some thirty thousand
acres of rich and arable land, twenty-two hun
dred of which are now under cultivation, and
yielding a snug income to the government. There
is, however, a large portion of wooded land on the
farms which will have to be cleared before they
yield much; but, even allowing it to remain undis
turbed, there is quite an abundance of good soil
left for cultivation. The work has been well
commenced by Lieutenant O’Brien, who, with his
assistant superintendent, Mr H. H. D. Byron,
took charge in February last, and have now
growing some of the finest corn and tobacco to
be produced within the State. This latter staple
is looking very fine, and has been but little trou
bled by the worm, only a small portion having
been replanted by reason of tbeir ravages.—
There is one curing house now filled with the fra»
grant weed, which is probably the first crop gar
nered in the State; other portion* of the crop will
not, however, “blaze” until October, haring been
planted later.
The Crops.
Y r our correspondent, though not excelling as an
equestrian, did manage to keep “aft” of tbe
pummel while viewing the crops surrounding the
old homestead. There are some seven hundred
acres of corn and tobacco growing on the upper
farm, which we have been assured is a fair specie
men of the rest of the productions.
Fight Hundred Freedmen.
Lieutenant O’Brien has some seven or eight
hundred freedmen in the government employ,
who have survived the transition from “slave”
to “contraband” and have finally germinated
into “freedmen,” with liberty’s wings full
fledged, and have not had their equilibrium
upset or their morals affected in the slightest
manner that we could discover. To see them
at work under the new regime one would not see
any apparent change; they are the same sub
dued and humble race as of yore. They work
without the fear of any corporeal punishment
hanging over them, and yet they work harder
because their pockets are affected by it. They
are under the surveillance of a “gangsman” se
lected from their number, the old term “over
seer, ” like all Southern institutions,have become
or is fast growing obsolete. The “gangsman”
has charge of a gang of twenty-five or thirty,
and reports any lack of industry or shirking of
duty, when the infractions member of the gang
has his pay curtailed at the end of the month.
This mode works well, and so do the workmen,
with such an uninviting prospect to look for as
the moon wanes.
Discipline at thv Farms— Wages.
The rules for the government of the Farms
are strict, and discipline is enforced in a mili
tary manner, any misbehavior or infraction of
rules being punished by a dismissal from ser
vice, while those who work well are rewarded
by receiving an extra issue of clothing. ’ The
field hand receives ten dollars per month, while
the “gangsman” gets fifteen dollars, the pay
being graduated so as to suit the ability or con
dition of al! engaged. •'
Tbe depehdante, or those who are unable to
perform any labor, receive merely their rations
and clothing, the children being sent to school,
a building having been set apart for their use
and a competent teacher engaged.
Schiols.
There are some eighty children, ranging in age
from four to fourteen years, now receiving tuition
on the upper farm, the school on the lower farm
not being now open by reason of the nnhealthy
location and Us effect on the teachers who are
unacclimated. Some of the scholars seem to be
quite apt, geography having already been intro
duced into their course of studies. The promo
tion and inculcation of religions exercises is also
one of the chief objeots of those having charge of
the) children. This seems to be more entertain
ing to them, and obtains a stricter attention on
the part of the scholars, as they must be kept in
teresced in order to quiet their restless disposition
and get tbeir attention,
Cloanliness is rigidly enforced, both in person
ond among the quarters, a police force having
been iatrodaoed whose duties it is to attend to the
sanitary and healthful condition of the hats, and
keep them neatly whitewashed. Every Saturday
is set apart for the washing of clothing by the
women, and the overhauling and greasing of thn
wagons engaged on thejilaoo by the men.
Inducements to Labor.
To those who are strict in obeying tbe rules a
plot of ground is allotted for the cul'ivatfon of
such vegetables as they may wish to raise; but
the superintendent has found it necessary to pro
hibit the raising of pigs artd'pcnhry by the hands,
from the fact that there was a large amount of
rations consumed in support of these pets that
might have been saved to the government. This
of course causes some dissatisfaction among those
who have been alwayB allowed that privilege by
their former masters; but as a general rule they
do not “nurse trouble,” but take things as they
are,without considering the propriety of patching
that ideal umbrella which is to be so serviceable
on that impending “ rainy day” which poor
mortals are so apt to be overtaken by and envelop
ed in.
The Mess House.
Soon after taking charge of the farms the super
intendent discovered, also, that a large amount of
rations, both of raiment and nourishment, was
being bartered away by hands to outside parties.
To prevent this an order prohibting its containu-
anoe was issued and a mess house established, in
which rations are issued in bulk, already cooked
and served up on tables. Vegetables are issued
tri-Weekly, and corn bread and pork forms, with
occasional messes of Iresh meat, the daily food for
the hands. The field hands sit at the first table
as the old plantation bell summons them, the d e *
pendents following at the second table. Dinner
is served at one o’clock, and work resumed at
two. The mess room is situated at tbe end of a
long wooden building, some two hundred feet
long by twenty four broad, and occupies one
fourth of the building, the rest being occupied as
quarters, and is built with a special view to ven
tilation, and the health of tbe occupants.
The Laws of Maryland.
There was published in the papers some week
or so since a communication from the Superin
tendent of the Farms, Lieutenant O’Brien, ad-
dressed to Governor Bradford, complaining of the
refusal of a Justice Alvey to cause to be issued a
warrant for the arrest of a man who was charged
with having struck a colored man, the Justice de
clining to comply on the ground that the laws of
Maryland did not allow a negro to testify against
a white man. The Lieutenant stigmatized the
law as cruel and unjust, if existing, and asked
that the magistrate be removed from office.
Governor Bradford has since replied to tbe
communication in effect that Justice Alvey was
right in his interpretation ol the law, for such was
undoubtadly tbe law of the land as existing some
hundred and fifty years, and as such must be
obeyed until repealed, however odiou3. His Ex
cellency also states that even though the magis
trate was wrong, he had not the power to remove
him, as he was elected by tbe people and not ap
pointed by him.
Condition of the Freedmen.
In concluding our report of what came under
our observation, we must give some idea of the
condition of the freedmen. They seem to be con
tented and happy, as far as I could judgo, and are
fully satisfied with their lot. There are excep
tions, as usual in all bodies of men, whether white
or black, and those exceptions grow partly out of
a desire for constant .change, and partly because
they are restricted in certain privileges which they
formerly enjoyed—the raising of vegetables and
poultry. A body of these sable malcontents—
probably fifteen in number—came up to headquar
ters after work, and stated tbeir desire to go back
to their old homes in Virginia. Tbeir only roa
son for desiring the change was as I have stated,
the embargo plaoed upon fowl raising. They, of
course, are allowed to go at pleasure, and trans
portation furnished them as far as Washington.—
The majority of them, however, prefer working
for the government to returning to their eld homes
and risking the uncertain welcome they may re
ceive.
The Tribune Shells Bennett.
The Herald indulges in one of its epidemic,
foolishly false tirades against Abolition, Negro
Suffrage, Fourierism, &c., Ac., wherein it most
monstrously libels the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy,
who was murdered nearly thtrty years ago by
the Herald’s disciples for discussing, in his reli
gious newspaper, the moral i haracter of Slavery.
But for the Abolitionists, says the Herald, the
South would have voluntarily abolished Slavery
years ago, when we are constantly told by the
late slaveholders that; while they will faithfully
try to till their plantations with free negro labo
they have no faith in it, believing that Blanks will
only work under constraint. All the fduds yet
troubling the South,says the Herald, are the work
of “the Radicals,” and especially of the Tribune.
The readiest answer to this rigmarole is found
in a let'er in that same Herald, from one of its
regular correspondents—which we copy verbatim,
as follows:
LABOR QUESTION IN VIRGINIA.
Oppression of the Negroes by their
Former Owners.
PERSECUTION OF UNION MEN AND
POSITION TO NORTHERN
IMMIGRATION BY
THE F. F. V’S.
&c., &c., Ac.
OP*
[Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence.]
Fortress Monroe, Aug. 1, 1805.
The Labor Question in Virginia.
Public interest is still widely felt and expressed
upon the subjeot of negro labor in the late rebel
lious States. The letters of various correspon
dents of the Herald from different sections of the
South which they have been and still are traver
sing to throw all tbe light possible upon this and
other complicated issues arising sinoe the termi
nation oi the war, verv fully set forth the exist
ing state of facts evolved and involved in settling
the grand problem of reconstruction I have
been at soipo pains to acquaint myself with the
condition of affairs in the counties adjacent here,
viz : Accomac and Northampton counties on the
Eastern Shore,and Mathews county, just above us.
In the First two Counties
many Degroes, formerly held as slaves, are now
hired by their former owners, and are to receive
from five to ten dollars a year compensation.—
The former slaves hired at these small wages are
given to understand that this is the extent ot pay
authorized by Government. They are further
told that the full privileges of freedom are not
yet allowed them. It will be seen, therefore, that
they are virtually as much slaves as ever. In
these two counties, no encouragement is given
to business enterprises or anything looking to a
settlement by Northern people. Special opposi-
tion is now made to prevent anything being done
to complete tbe Air Line Railroad project, the
charter of which was obtained before the war,
In Mathews county there is little or no Union
sentiment Fortner slaves are told that they are
slaves still, and are used as such The negroes
are told they will have their freedom by ana by,
as soon as Government issne3 orders to that
effect, which orders have not yet been promul
gated.
- An Example.
I have been told ot ODe case where a colored
man built a small hut and raised some crops for
himself and family. He sent for hts wile and
children in another county, and the man with
whom they were living, and their former owner,
gave the colored man’s wife a pass for ten days
to go and see him, but refused to let her children
go with her. At the exDiration of (he ten days
and contrary to the wishes of her husband, she
returned for her children, thinking that if she
did not go back they would be turned out of
doors by their former owner, or receive some se
vere punishment. Her ovyner refqsed to let
either her qr tbe children go away, and so the
page stands. Qld residents known to be Union
men feel unsafe. Soldiers of the late Rebel Army
visit their dislike upon such men, with special
aniooliity,by destroying their crops and maiming
or killing their horses, cows and pigs. A Union
man who came here three times during the war
tor protection has had hia store robbed, a portion
of his crops laid waste, and a valuable horse ren
dered useless by these anti-Union men. No
oivil authority hag been established hare yet, end
the state of society is anything but pleasant to
one known to have opposed Secession, or to ven
ture by word or deed to show sympathy for the
Union cause
Equal Bights of'Suffrage to All
The following document, which I leave to
explain itself, is being extensively circulated in
this department, and also in Norfolk and Ports
mouth. A large number of leading and influ
ential citizens have already subscribed their
names to the paper;
The undersigned request that a convention
of three delegates from each Congressional
district of tbe United States be held at ,
on —;—, for the purpose of devising means
and measures to secure to all loyal citizens
equal rights of suffrage, irrespective of sect,
creed, birth or color. * » »
This, mind you, is copied verbatim from that
very isssue of the Herald wherein the Radi
cals, the Northern Abolitionists, and the Trib
une, are editorially charged with cansing all
the trouble at the South, alike in the past and
in the present, by wanton, mischievous agita
tion for Negro freedom and suffrage, thereby
precluding Emancipation by the voluntary ac
tion of the Slaveholders 1 Was ever befere a
gross calumny so 'signally refuted from the ut-
terer’s own columns'?
Cotton Prospects—Interesting State*
ments. - •
^Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger.]
New York, Ang. 5, 1865.
The most trustworthy accounts from differ
ent portions of the South are not fhvorable to
a continuance of the present free receipts of
cotton as witnessed for a few weeks back at
New Orleans and New York, but rather to an
early falling off, and, as a Consequence, a ma
terial advance in prices. Of all the letters I
have seen from old factors, and cotton mer
chants in the South, but one has favored the
belief that the receipts might prove heavier than
the general expectation ; but even this writer
confessed that the question of receipts was at
best wholly a speculative one, more so than at
any period daring the past twenty years.
To quote from his letter : “In times of pro
found peace, when all the avenues of informa
tion were open, and when it was possible to
procure the most careful estimates, there have
been known to be differences in the round es
timate for the crop of 600,000 bales. What
then is to be expected when most of the ave
nues of communication with the interior are
closed, and when not a word that is reliable is
known of the product of the past three years ?
A crop of some kind or quantity was raised
during each year of the war, but what do we
know concerning them? Nor is it possible to
give any correct data with reference to what
remains-of the crop that wag on hand at the
commencement of the war.” -
This writer, as I have said above, inclines
to larger receipts than many others who have
ventured opinions upon the subject, and he
may, after all, prove correct. His views are
based on the belief that a considerable amount
of cotton is kept back from the want of con*
venient transit, bagging and rope, and the ab
sence of responsible buyers,
With regard to the probable amount of cot
ton in the South, the writer ventures on no es
timate, remarking that it “would not be worth
a button.”
There are others, however, who do thus ven
ture, and their average is uniformly within one
and a half million bales for the old stock now
remaining in the South. From this amount
the estimates taper down to one million four,
one million two fifty, and some even as low as
one million bales.
An extract from a Mobile writer before me de
clares the alleged Treasury eatimites as “absurd
—there is no such amount of cotton ou hand as
two million bates,’ and those who base their cal
culations upon such a statement will find them
selves deceived Daring tbe war there was very
little cotton grown—scarcely more than sufficient
for domestics purposes—the demand for which
were largely increased by the closing of our ports
and the cutting off of all manufactured supplies.
The South was thus compelled to increase its
own manufactures to a large extent, and we do
not hesitate to say that there is not at this mo
ment over one million bales of merchantable cot
ton in the South.-”
Another writer in the same city (Mobile) says:
“The accounts from the interior of our State
come in very slowly, and still more so from other
States, but those that wemave do not warrant ns
in looking for a supply of cotton that will prove
at all Adequate to the demand. Indeed, we look
for a considerable advance in oar great staple
before tbe Winter months have fairly set in. The
growing crop, such as it is, seems promising,and
with good weather from this out, and the neces
sary hands to pick the cotton, the yield in our
State (Alabama) may reSch 130,000 bales, and in
all the States 600,000 to 700,000 bales.”
Under date of New Orlenas, 26th July, a wri
ter says : .•
“New cotton made its appearance on the
22d. We wish we could write that the chances
were good for free receipts of the new crop, but
they need not be expected. Very little cotton
has been planted this year, and what comes in
must soon find a ready market. As far as it is
possible to learn, there is nothing to warrant
the prediction of a yield for 1865 and 1866, of
over half a million bales, while no one dreams
of a crop of one million. Texas will probably
make 75,000. We have been very busy the
past week receiving old cotton, and our stook
now cannot be much less than 60,000 bales,
but it must not be supposed that this activity is
long to continue. We must rather look for a
sudden pause for the want of supplies, and those
who would ‘make hay while the sun shines,’
should not lose the present opportunity. We
quote middling at 42c; 1,200 bales were taken
for France on Monday.”
In this market, (New York,) though the re
ceipts have been heavy, (over 30,000 bales in
two weeks,) prices have scarcely varied, so great
has been the confidence of holders in the future.
The activity and buoyancy of the market have
been checked by these receipts, but a positive
and general decline has not been submitted to.
The government itself is not unmindful or
ignorant of tie situation, as it has withdrawn
its few remaining thousands of “captured cot
ton,” confident, apparently, in the anticipation
of higher prices. * B.
Death ov an Editor.—We learn from the
Montgomery Mail that Col. J. F. Gaines, one of
U^editors of thp npwly revived Advertiser, died
irTOiat city on the night of the 19th. Col. Gaines
waa a native of Kentucky, but had for many
years been a resident of Montgomery. During
the political campaign immediately preceding
the war Col. Games was editor in cine! of the
Montgomery Post. When the war broke out he
enlisted in the Confederate army and became a
captain in the cavalry service. The loss ot a leg
in battle compelled bint to reliuquish the pro
fession of arms, and be retired to private life.
In tbe army he had attained the rank of Colonel
bv election, in acknowledgment of his gallantry.
The Mail thus same up the character of the de
ceased gentleman :
As a writer, Col. Gaines bad wou an enviable
reputation; as a citizen qniversally beloved; as
a soldier, devoted to his people aod the State of
his adaption, he has left a name that can never
die. Peace to his ashes! A nobler spirit never
left ito-mortal tenement to seek to at peace be
yond the cloufis which this earth cannot afford,
Metal Tipran Shoes.—Shoes are an impor
tant item in the expense of elothing children,
as every parent will understand. They invaria
bly wear out their shoes at the toe first; and usu
ally before the other parts are a quarter worn.—
It is safe to say that on an average one pair with
metalio tips will more than outwear two without
hem. We believe that all the shoe dealers keep
hem-—[W. Y. Btraii,
Planters’ Bureau.
Polling Cattle.
One of the topics which has lstely produced
much controversy in the Irish agricultural world;
is the practice now prevalent of dishorning of
polling cattle. From a correspondence whicli
has boon carried on in the Irish journals by thS
advocates and opponents of this process, it would
appear that several statements are put forward]
one differing from the other. The advocates—
who are, of course, those deriving atfvantage fiord
it—assert that the operation does noteanse much
pain to the animal, in fact, that it is not so pain
ful as other operations that are boing continually
performed on different descriptions, of animais,
namely, lorsAs, cattle, sheep, and pigs. It H al*
so advanced that a cow, when unhorned by vio-
lenoo, becomes afterwards a better milker, giving
a greater quantity per diom; and that the quality
of the meat is improved, as the animal thrives
batter when deprived of those natural exorescen-
cea. The opponents, of coarse, assert the direct
contrary: that tho operation is painful in the
extreme, and deny altogether the supposed adj
vantages of better milking and better quality of
meat; and our convictions would certaniiy go witlj
these last, for it is impossible to conceive Uiat an
animal does not suffer severely dating tbe pro
cess, and especially afterwards; and it is equally
impossible to understand that an animal eau give
more milk or produce a finer quality of meat front
such mutilation. Yet there can bo no doubt that
the artificial manufacture of polled animals has
been for a long time going on in Ireland, under
the impression of these supposed advantages.
We may admit that horned animals are some,
tiines dangerous, and that some injuries may be
received, or even some lives lost, from iafuriated
cattle, and also that it is a matter of difficulty
to keep a number of horned animato in confined
courts or yards, without their sometimes doing
damage to each other. Bat that remedy should
be sought by such a barbarous process is, in
deed, a subject much to be regretted, and which,
we think, ought to be restrained by a public con
demnation of the act. Nor can we accept the
operation as one ot comparison, for while it must
be granted that pain is inflicted in tbe production
of a gelding, an ox, or a wether sbeep, yet tbe
advantage in these cases bas been ascertained,
and is therefore positive; while in the case of
polling animals, beyond the danger from a goad
ed beast or the injury that they may be able to
inflict on each other—both of which points may
be avoided by other means—no possible benefit
can accrne to mitigate in any way the cruelty of
the treatment.
In Scotland there are two topics at the pre
sent time occupying attention—the law of hy
pothec and the game laws ; the former is pure
ly local, and a commission has just issued a re
port suggesting some amelioration of the law,
which seems worthy of consideration on the part
both of the landlord and tenant. The game
laws belong to a more general subject, and that
which is done in tbe north may have some in
fluence in tbe south. There have been meet
ings. held to discuss the subject at the Cham
ber of Agriculture in Edinburg, at Aberdeen;.
and at Perth, as well as at other places. One
of the chief points seems to be to take hares 1
and rabbits out of the category of game. At
Aberdeen the two principal resolutions carried.
were—the first “that hares and rabbits ought
to be excluded from the operation of the game
laws ; that their preservation, being incom
patible with good farming, is contrary to the
public good, and that therefore all contracts
having tor their object the preservation of hares
and rabbits ought to be declared illegal.” The
other is, “that justices of the peace ought to
have no jurisdiction in game-law cases.” The
resolutions generally at the different meetings
are modifications of these two, which may be
taken as showing the tendency of opinion, and
in order to get them carried out, it is proposed
to form a Fafmers’ Defence League, the avowed
object of which would be to bring about some
alteration in the game laws. —-
As for topics of disenssion nearer home, there
are many ; but a subject which was brought be
fore the last meeting of the Royal Agricultural
Society by Mr. Simonds cannot fail to produce,
under present circumstances, an unwelcome
impression. Mr. Simonds stated, for the in
formation of the conneil, that another out
break of small pox in sheep has just taken
place ; this has occurred on the Sussex downs,
amidst large flocks of sheep, midway between
Lewes and Newbaven. The Professor visited
the flock, comprising six hundred ewes and
lamhs, and among them were found sixty-five
infected with the disease. This is most un
welcome news, for with the meat markets rul
ing at present high prices, should the infection
s; read, it will indeed become a national cal
amity. In our List number we pointed out
that there was a fearful typhoid visitation
among the pigs, and with this disease in sheep
superadded the future prospects of meat supply
seem rather hazardous. VVe can only hope
that by the experience gained during the for
mer appearance of the disease, it may be ar
rested in time to prevent further damage, and
thus preserve our flocks for our use in due
season.
Sale of Government Vessels at Phila*
deljpUia.
Philadkli>hia, Aug. 10, 1865,
There was a large sale ot government vessels
this morning at the Navy Yard. A number of
steamers, tugs and sailing vessels lor which gov
ernment has no further use was sold at aootion,
by order of government.
The attendance was large and bidding quite
spirited. A namber of Boston and Baltimore
shipowners were present and purchased a number
of vessels.
Tho bark A. A. Houghton brought $6,650.,
Barker & Folsom purchasers.
Bark Restless, $12,000, bid withdrawn.
Screw tug Larkspur, $8,100, Fred. Stover,
purchaser.
Sorew steamer Norwich, $12,300. N. H. Gris
wold purchaser.
Screw tug llowqua, $15,900. S. A J. Flana
gan parch asers.
Sidewbeel steamer Alabama, $38,600. Henry
Steers, New York, nurohaser.
Screw tug Sunflower, $11,000. J. C. Wright,
New York, purchaser.
Screw steamer Mary Sanford, $44,000. Jas. S.
Whitney, Boston.
Screw tng Whitehead, $4,500. Patrick A Fe-
raty, Philadelphia.
Screw steamer Stars and Stripes, $30,000.—
Batson A Son, Philadelphia.
Screw steamer Montgomery, $39,000. Rus-
seR Stqrges, New York.
Wooden screw brig Akalia, $11,100. S. &
J. Flanagan.
Iron wheel steamer Britannia (withdrawn,)
$12,000 being the highest bid received.
J. W. Wright, of New York, purchased’brig
Potomeka for $7,100.
The wooden steamer Fah Kee brought $69,-
000. John Sterling, of Now York, purchaser.
Screw tug Carnation, sold to J. P. Jenks,
Philadelphia, for $6,000.
Miami, a government built giffewheel steam
er, was purchased by J. $. Whitney, of Bos
ton, for $19,900.
Brig Perry was purchased by Purvis & Son,
Philadelphia, for $5,600.
The schooner Daniel Smith sold for $7,000,
to Thomas Gorward, Great Egg Harbor.
The schooner p. C. Williams was purchased
by Purvis 4 Sun, Philadelphia, tor $7,100.
Sqhooner Matthew Vassar brought $7,300,
A. M. Chapman, New Bedford, purchaser.
Schooner Norfolk, packet, brought $3,100.
John Russell, Philadelphia, purchaser.
Schooner O. H. Lee sold for $7,100. J. W.
Tatern, Philadelphia, purchaser.
Wooden screw tug Martin brought $2,600.
W. P. Street, Philadelphia, purchaser.
Wooden screw tug Hoyt was sold to S< A,
Staples, Taunton, Man., for $2,100.
The Schleswig-Bslsteln Question.
Ia the Federal Diet at Frankfort on the 27th,
Bayaria, Saxony and Hesse Darmstadt brought
forward the following motion:
1. That the Austrian and Prussian Govern
ments be asked what they hare done, or intend
to do, toward tbe definitive settlement of the
Schleswig-Holstein question, and whether they
propose to call together for co-operation repre
sentatives selected by the tree votes of the people
of the Duchies.
2. That Austria and Prussia be requested to
firing about the incorporation of Schleswig with
the German Confederation.
S. That, in the event of the latter request
being granted, the Federal Diet should deolare its
readiness to renounce its olaims for the payment
of 1 the aosts of the Federal execution in Holstein,
and to assume a portion of the Schleswig ex-
penses. • .» .. ,
The motion was referred, witbont discussion, to
the Committee on Holstein- Affairs.
, j
An American Flag Cut Down bv a Quebec
Lawyer—An ‘Jkciiing Scene on a Canadian
Steamer.—The ‘'Mhguet,” . on her last upward
trip from the Saguenay, was leaving Murry Bay
on Thursday afternoon, immediately after dinner
time. The majority of the passengers were
American tourists of the meat respectable class—
clergymen and others, with a large portion of
ladies. As the boat was about ,to leave the wharf
two travelliug musicians on board commenced to
play a tune entitled “Rally Round the Flag;
Boys,” a popular patriotic song in tbe States,
which tbe Americans began to sing. Every ode
being in great good humor, tbe captain hoisted
the American and British flags amid the cheers
ot the company; the former, however, being
hoisted first, there was some hisses, and a few
voices called out to. out it down. Whereupon
Mr. Archibald Campbell, a lawyer of Quebec,
sprang ion board from the wharf, ran up the rig
ging like a sailor, and cqt the flag down. The
boat, meanwhile, was leaving the wharf, and the
only way be had of regaining the land was to
jump into the water and swim ashore. This
act of an excited individual greatly mortified the
Americans and still more the British and Cana-
dian passeogers on board, who did their best to
explain it away by referring to the excitement at
the present time on aecount of tbe interference
of Mr. Consul Potter in Canadian affairs. These
particulars we have from a highly respectable
merchant pf this city who was on board at tbe
time. Such an occurrence we regard as exceed
ingly unfortunate. But it is obvious tbat a sin
gle individual mar at any time do a very foolish
thing.—Montreal Witness, 23th.
Old Paprb.—It bas been chemically as certain p
ed that the paper of books printed in the six
teenth century contains particles of copper and
even gold. This may be explained by the fact
that the stuffs employed in those days for the
manufacture of paper often oantained metalic
threads, as ft was the fashion then to wear a good
deal of brocade.
Hjeadq’rs Dept, of Georgia, 1
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 5th, 1865. J
GENERAL, ORDER, 1
No. 7. C
sl
I. The following General Order, from
the War Department, is published foir
the information of this command :
War Department,
’ Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, D. C:, July 8th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 122. f
1. With the exception hereinafter
enumerated, the following is ordered :
L All Commissioned Officers of Vol
unteers, for both white and colored reg
iments, or independent companies, now
absent on detached service from their
commands, and not on duty within their
proper armies or departments, will pro
ceed, forthwith, to join iheir respective
regiments and companies.
2- Hereafter no Commissioned Regi
mental Officers of Volunteers will bfe
placed on duty, or transferred thereon!,
oat of the army or department in which
his regiment may be serving
The exceptions authorized under the
foreging are as follows ;
L Officers on duty mustering out and
discharging the volunteer forces.
2. Aides-de-Camp to General Officers
on duty commanding troops.
3. Officers on Court Martial or Mil
itary Commissions, and those on duty
in the bureau of Refngees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, under direct
orders from the War Department, Adju
tant General’s Office.
2. All enlisted men absent on de
tached service from their regiments or
companies, and outside the armies or de
partments in which the same may be
serving, will at onoe be sent to join their
respective oommands, unless they are
absent therefrom'by orders from Head
quarters of a Military Division, or supe
rior authority.
3. Commanding Generals of Depart
ments and armies, are charged with the
prompt execution of this order, and npon
its provisions being fully complied with,
will report the fact to the Adjutant Gen
eral of the army.
4. No commissioned officer or enlist
ed man, absent in violation of this order,
will be paid outside of the army or de
partment in which his regiment or com
pany may be serving.
By order of the Secretary of War.
[Signed,] E- D. TOWNSEND,
Assist. Adj'’t Gen.
2. In addition to the requirements of
General OrdqrNo. 122, War Department,
C. S., it is ordered : That all Commis
sioned Officers and enlisted men of this
command now absent from their respect
ive regiments, companies or detachments,
on detached service, and not on duty
within their proper districts, be at once
relieved from such duty and ordered to
* join their proper oommands, unless act
ing under orders from these Headquar
ters or superior authority.
Commanding officers will report by
telegraph when this order is fully com
plied with.
By command of
Maj. Gen. STEEDMAN.
(Signed) S. B. Moe, A. A. G. "
Official:
Will. A. Courier, A. A. Gen. 2
Headq’rs Dist. of Savannah, )
1st Division, Dept, of Georgia, V
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th, 1865, )
GENERAL 6Kt)£BS, \
No. 15. J
All commissioned officers and enlisted
men belonging to the 75th New York
Vols., 30th Maine Vols., and 26th Massa
chusetts Vols., on detached service and
absent from their commands, will be re
lieved at once and ordered to join their
respective regiments for muster-otit.
By command of
Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
Will A. Coulter,
2t Assistant Adjutant General,
Headq’rs Sub-Dis’t. of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865 . J
SPECIAL ORDER, J
No. 20. ’ f
Hereafter and until further orders all
Commissioned Officers of the United
States Army visiting this City will be re
quired to register their names at these
Headquarters, stating authority and
length of absence.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Ang. 13th, 1865. j
GENERAL ORDER, l
‘ No. 21. j
Capt. John Mullen, 12th Connecticut
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as
A. A. A. General Sub-District of Ogee
chee, as his regiment is to be mustered
out of the service.
1st Lieut. W. H. Folk, Adj’tl73d N. Y.
Infantry, is hereby announced as A. A.
G.of the Sub-District of Ogeechee. Ha
will be obeyed and respected according
ly. EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. Gen’l Comd’g.
Head’qrs Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Ang. 14, 1865. )
GENERAL ORDER, )
No 22. [
Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, 8th Indiana
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty
as Chief Medical Officer Sub District of
Ogeechee) and will report to Command-
ling Officer of his Regiment for duty.
Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y.
Volunteers, is hereby announced as
Chief Medioal Officer of the Sub District
of Ogeechee.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm, H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Headqr’s Sub-Dist. t>F Ogeechee,
ee,
J
Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865-
’ GENERAL ORDER, i
No. 24. ‘ f
Captain Clark H Remick, 103d U. S.
C. T., is hereby announced as Acting
Assistant Inspector General Sab-Dis
trict of Georgia. He will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Savannah, Ga., Ang. 15th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 23. [
Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey
ances of any kind will be allowed to as
semble in the vicinity of the Public Mar
ket, except during market hours.
No goods of any kind will be exposed
for sale in the vicinity of the Public
Market, except during market hours.
All persons found violating this order
will be summarily dealt with.
The Provost Marshal is charged with
the execution of this order.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wjl H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal,
Sub-District of Ogeichee,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 11th, 1865.
The people of Savannah are hereby
notified that an office will be open at the
U. S. Custom House on and after the
12th day of August, 1865, where Lieut.
W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant
Provost Marshal, will be on duty for the
purpose of administering to ladies the
Amnesty Oath, as prescribed by Presi
dent Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29,
1865.
(Signed) SAM’L COWDREY,
Capt. and Pro. Mar.
Sub-District of Ogeechee.
Headquarters Sub District or Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., July 28,1865. J
Circular, )
No. 12. f
On and after this date articles in the Pnblie
Market or this city will be sold at the following
prices. Pei sons violating this order, will be r*.
ported to this Office and summarily dealt with.
By command of Brv’t. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jxo. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb ^
Country Dried Beet 15
Country Cored Beef 15
jerked Beef 10 to 15
Veal, per lb 8()
Mutton, per lb
Liver, per lb
Fresh Pork, per lb \
Bass, per lb j ”
Drum, per lb
Fresh Water Trout
Salt “ “
Sheephead ...”
Mullet, large size, per bunch,
Brim, per bunch of five
Mullet, small sixe, per bunch of five...
Perch, per bunch of five
Suckers
Whiting
Codfish, per lb
Shrimp, quart
Crabs, each
Sturgeon, per Ib
Sausages, lreob pork
Bacon, per lb, from
Butter, perlb
Clams, per bnshel
Cabbages, each, from.....
Turnip*, per bunch
Tomatoes, per quart
Okra, per quart
Sweet. Potatoes, per bushel
Irish Potatoes, per quart
Green Com, each
Water Melons, from
20
15
25
15
15
15
15
20
40
40
25
40
40
40
10
15
3
7
40
20 to 25
50
2 OO
15 to 40
10
10
15
8 00
10
s
16 to 80
Cantelopes, from .Vcft 10 to 40
Apples, per bushel 2 00
Peaches per bushel 8 OO
Figs, per doz 10
Honey, per ib 15
Ducks, per pair |2 00
Turkeys^each, from.... : $2 to 2 50
Geese, per pair 2 00
Fowls, grown. $1 to 1 25
Spring Chickens, per pair 60
Spring flhioksns, 2d use W
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